Blackburn, Robert Hamilton, 1920-2003

found: Jemison, N. Bob Blackburn's printmaking workshop, 1991:CIP galley (Robert Hamilton Blackburn; b. 12-10-20)

found: N.Y. times, Apr. 25, 2003(Robert Blackburn; Bob Blackburn; artist, founder of Printmaking Workshop, New York; grew up in Harlem, of Jamaican parentage; d. Monday [Apr. 21] in Manhattan, aged 82)

found: Robert Blackburn: passages, 2014, ©2014:title page (Robert Blackburn) page 132-133 (b. December 10, 1920 in Summit, NJ, later in 1927 settled in Harlem, NY, died April 21, 2003 in New York City; received numerous fellowships like Fellowship at Atelier Desjobert in Paris, served as the first master printer in ULAE in West Islip, NY, or served as guest artist at the Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia; in 1994 elected a National Academician by the National Academy of Design, NY; in 1971 he incorporated "The Printmaking Workshop, Inc." (PMW) as a not-for-profit institution, later the agreement signed with Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA) in New York, also agreement signed with Library of Congress in Washington D.C. to deposit over 2,500 works, after PMW closed in 2001)

found: African American National Biography, accessed December 17, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Blackburn, Robert Hamilton; educator, printmaker; born 12 December 1920 in Summit, New Jersey, United States; scholarship student at the Art Students League (1940-43); opened the Creative Graphic Workshop (1948); printed for Cooper Union School of Art (1949); since the 1960's, taught printmaking at Brooklyn College, Maryland Institute College of Art, New York University, Pratt Institute, Rutgers University School of Visual Arts, and Columbia University; first master printer Universal Limited Art Editions (1957-1963); director of the Printmaking Workshop (PMW) (1971); honors include the Skowhegan Governor's Award for Lifetime Service (1987), the New York Governor's Award (1988), the Mayor of New York City's Award of Honor for Arts and Culture (1992), Lifetime Achievement Awards from the College Art Association and the National Fine Print Association (2002); died 21 April 2003 in New York, New York, United States)